Apparatus for opening and closing doors, gates, &amp;c.



E. D. BROWN n I. H. WERLING. APPARATUS FOR OPEMNG AND oLosmG DOORS, GATES, 11m.

APPLIATION FILED AUG.27, 1918.-

Patented sep1l15,1914.

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FRANK D. BROWN ANDk JULIUs n. WEBLING, or HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.

FOR OPENING' ND (.'XILOSIIIG- DOORS," GATES, 65C.

I "Specification ofLetters Patent. l mutaciones-.sagra anims. serial No. 786,991.

To all whom, #mag/concern.; f;

Be it kno-wn'V that we, FnsNxf'DgBBewN; and JULiUsy H. l VVERLHIQ jscitizensgof Vthe-.Q United States, bothv residing atHuntngton, in the county of Huntingtomandtate'of V Indiana, haveinventedlcertain new and useful lmproijfementsI Apparatus 'forv Open-y ing and Closing Doors', Gates,&c.;and we dohereby declarethe following to bega full,

clear, and exactdescri. tion'vlc'f the inventiom. such as will enablejotI ers-skilled in the fart to which itappertains'to'nake and use the saine. p 'I 'The present. Vinvention relates to appa-- ratus for' opening and closing doors, gatesv and the like, and consists'inthe arrangements and combinations 'of parts hereinafter disclosed and particularlyr setjforth in the*l accompanying claims.

The invention has for its purpose tohp'role .vide means for opening and closing doors and gates by persons riding in vehicles with:

hicle, as is now customary.

A"further purpose of the invention isto provide an arrangement wherein the door or gate may be opened or closed on either side thereof by a simple ma ually performed operation, and requiring but little strength to perform; and wherein the [complete apf paratus will be inexpensive to install and willnotreadily get out .of order.

The invention as disclosed herein. isdesigned especially for operating swinging doors or gates as distinct from the sliding type, and for which latter kind we have designed a special form of apparatus disclosed in our copending application bearing Serial No. 7 86,992 and executed of even date herewith.

"lhe invention is shown .by way of illustration in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 shows the apparatus as applied for operating the doors of an automobile garage or stable. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the pulley arrangement and assocrted'parts; and Fig. 4f' is a detail perspecti e viewof the shaft and door operating connections. ,Y

Referring to the constructionin further detail and whereinlike characters of reference indicate the corresponding parts in the views shown, A and B represent theV doors or gates to be operated, and which, in the pres l ent illustration, represent the doors, of a garage or stable C, hingedly mounted. at D andQE' after the usual manner.

of the supports 3 and 4 comprising pipes `or posts iixed 1n the ground, as shown-' A reel Patented sept. i5, 1914.

A. shaft 1 is journaled in the bearings or spool 5 .is fixedlymounted on the shaft 1,

. and has'smured thereto. one end ofveach of the'. cords ,or chains Gand 7 whose opposite ends are connected respectively to the yarms i8 and 9. ,mounted on the doors'A and B (see yI'Fizgt 3'), Thel cords'r chains 6l and 7 pass overy the pulleys l11 and 12 that are jour-- .naled'inthe -brackets 13 and 14, and said.

Vbracketsv yare in .turn mounted on the' garage,

as clearly 'illustrated Fig. 1.

The foregoing described apparatus is adapted for closing the doors A and B when 'the shaft 1 is 'rotated' 'tdwind the cords or chains 4"6 andA 7 on the pulley 5, e'. e. when said shaft is rotated in a counter-clockwise direction.

The means for swinging open the doors to the positions indicated in Fig. 2, consists of a similar pair of cords or chains 15 and 16, having each one end connected to the spool or reel 17 that is fixedly mountedy 0n the shaft. 1.I The cord or chain 16 has its opposite end secured to the arm 9 mounted on vthe door B; and the flexible member 15 Tis connected' to the arm 8 of the door A to swing open Athe latter through the medium of a pulley 18 journaled in the bracket 19 that is inturn mounted on the garage, as shown in fFig. .1.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that the winding ofthe chains or cords 15 and 16. on the' reel or spool 17 willswing the` doors to an open position, during which time the flexible members 6 and 7 will vbe unwound from the spool or .resi 5 and this op eration will be reversed ywhen the mecha nism is operated to close the doors. l The shaft actuating means consists of a pair of Vgrooved and notched pulleys 20?, mounted on either end of the shaft 1 and having engaging therewith each .an endless chain 21, whereby the shaft 1 may be rotated in either direction for the purpose aforesaid.

The provision of a shaft operating chain 'to"eith`er"si'de^ofthe'doors enables the doors iesr to be opened for passing through and closed when passed through without requiring the occupant of the vehicle to leave the same.

It is obvious that thoseskilled in the art y may vary the rangement of parts Without departing from the spirit of' our'invention, and therefore We 'do not Wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims.

The Word. door or doors as used in the claims is .intended to cover gates as Well. We claim: 1`. In a device for operating va; pair of doors,'the combination of a rotatable shaft,

'm'e'ansfor rotating 'said' shaft in either direction, spaced reels fixed on said shaft, both vlocated on that side of shaft toward'which theadjacent door opens,two pulleys suitably mou'ntedadjacent Yto the doors when inI two brackets',l mounted onel closed position,4v on each door and atr'ht angles to faces of v the doors, a', thirdpu 'ey suitably` mounted near the door `opposite said shaft when said door'is in open position, a'pair of flexible Amembers lconnected to a reel,4 cooperating With said brackets and said tWo pulleys to close the doors,' a thirdlexible member connected to afsecond reel and cooperating with the bracket on' the adjacent door to open details of construction and arthe opposite door,

said `pulley said adjacent door, a fourtliiiexible member connected to said second reel-3l cooperating" With said third pulley and the bracket on 2.*In a device foroperatin'g a door, the

shaft toward which the door opens, a pulley .suitablyl mounted adj a'ent'tosaid door'when to open said oppositedoor, i

09 .combination of a rotatable shaft, rotating L means for said shaft, spaced reels fixed on,

said shaft, both located on'that side oi? the y closed, a bracket mounted on' said door and j-tures; in rpresence oftw'o Witnesses.

FRANK-1).,.BROWN- Innms H. WERLING.

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